Goldstein (surname)

Goldstein (/ˈɡoʊldstiːn, -staɪn/; German: [ˈɡoːltʃtaɪn]) is a Jewish surname, it translates to "gold stone" in English. Notable people with the surname include:

• Abe Goldstein, US world champion bantamweight boxer
• Abraham Samuel Goldstein (1925–2005), Dean of Yale Law School
• Adam Goldstein (1973–2009), American musician and disc jockey also known as "DJ AM"
• Al Goldstein (1936–2013), American publisher
• Andy Goldstein (1973–), British broadcaster
• Baruch Goldstein (1956–1994), Israeli physician and mass murderer
• Bernard R. Goldstein, historian of science
• Boris Goldstein (1922–1987), Soviet violin prodigy
• Bruce Goldstein (born 1951), American film programmer, producer, archivist, historian
• Chris Goldstein, American radio personality
• Clifford Goldstein (1955–), Seventh-day Adventist author and editor
• Daniel Goldstein (1969–), American psychologist
• Don Goldstein, American basketball player
• Elliot Goldstein, actor known as Elliott Gould
• Emmanuel Goldstein, pseudonym of Eric Corley of 2600: The Hacker Quarterly
• Eugen Goldstein (1850–1930) – German physicist, and an early researcher in X-rays
• Harvey Goldstein, British statistician
• Harvey Goldstein, rock musician, known as Harvey Brooks
• Herbert Goldstein (1922–2005), American physicist
• Ivo Goldstein (born 1958), Croatian historian
• Jack Goldstein, (1945–2003), contemporary artist
• Jack Goldstein, (1986 -), British musician Fixers (band)
• Jean-Isidor Goldstein, Roumanian poet
• Jenette Goldstein (1960–) American actress
• Jerry Goldstein (physicist) (born 1970), space physicist
• Jerry Goldstein (producer), American producer, singer songwriter and musician
• Jonathan Goldstein (disambiguation)
• Jørn Goldstein (born 1953), Norwegian Olympic ice hockey goalie
• Josef Goldstein (1836–1899), Austro-Hungarian cantor
• Joseph I. Goldstein, American engineer
• Joseph L. Goldstein, Nobel Prize–winning biochemist
• Joseph Goldstein (writer), Buddhist teacher
• Joyce Goldstein, American chef
• Kurt Goldstein (1878–1965)
• Leo Goldstein, American-Israeli soccer referee
• Lisa Goldstein
• Lonnie Goldstein (1918–2013), American baseball player
• Louis L. Goldstein
• Marcus Goldstein
• Margie Goldstein-Engle (born 1958), American equestrian
• Martha Goldstein (1919–2014), American harpsichordist and pianist
• Marvin Goldstein
• Matthew Goldstein, Chancellor of the City University of New York
• Max Goldstein, Romanian communist
• Mel Goldstein, meteorologist
• Melvyn Goldstein
• Mikhail Goldstein, violinist
• Nachman Goldstein, Tcheriner Rav
• Omer Goldstein, Israeli cyclist
• Paul Goldstein, American professional tennis player; USTA boys 16s & 2-time 18s singles champion
• Peter Goldstein, British businessman
• Phil Goldstein
• Ralph Goldstein (1913–1997), American Olympic épée fencer
• Rebecca Goldstein, American novelist and professor of philosophy
• Reuben Goldstein, later Reuben Goldstein Edwards, later Reuben George Edwards, manufacturer of Edward's Harlene hair restorers and colourants
• Robin Goldstein, American author and wine critic
• Róza Goldstein, Hungarian mezzo-soprano
• Ruby Goldstein ("Ruby the Jewel of the Ghetto"), US welterweight boxer
• Samuel Goldstein, American Paralympian
• Samuel Goldstein (politician), Canadian politician
• Shaike Goldstein-Ophir
• Shulamit Goldstein (born 1968), Israeli Olympic rhythmic gymnast
• Slavko Goldstein (1928–2017), Croatian historian
• Sokher Goldstein
• Solomon Goldstein, Jewish-Bulgarian Communist politician
• Sophie Goldstein
• Steve Goldstein (disambiguation), several people
• Sydney Goldstein, British mathematician and aerodynamicist
• Todd Goldstein, Australian Football League footballer
• Tom Goldstein
• Vida Goldstein
• Warren Goldstein, Chief Rabbi of South Africa
• Warren Goldstein, History professor in the USA
• Yoine Goldstein

Variant surnames

• Aleksandar Goldštajn (1912–2010), prominent Croatian university professor, law scholar and constitutional court judge
• Israel Goldstine (1898–1953), New Zealand politician, businessman, barrister and solicitor

Fictional

• Anthony Goldstein, a minor character in the Harry Potter book series
• Emmanuel Goldstein, a key character in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
• Ira Goldstein, a character who appears in ASB Bank's commercials
• Koko Goldstein, a character in the Web video series Yacht Rock
• Rachel Goldstein in Water Rats
• Porpentina and Queenie Goldstein, sisters in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)

See also

• Goldstone (disambiguation)
• Goldstine